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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

Pandemic aged our brains – even those who never caught Covid, study finds

The Covid-19 pandemic was "detrimental" to brain health, even among individuals who were never infected, a new study suggests.

Academics propose that the immense strain placed on people’s lives – from weeks of isolation to the pervasive uncertainty surrounding the crisis – may have aged the brains of the nation.

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